Microsoft pledges changes to European cloud licensing policies

Microsoft has outlined a set of five new European Cloud Principles in response to recent criticism from rival European cloud vendors after customers were asked to pay more to run Microsoft software in non-Microsoft cloud environments, under what were seen as restrictive cloud licensing policies.The changes come a month after Reuters reported that the EU commission had started asking European Microsoft customers questions about their cloud licensing terms.In a blog post published on May 18, Micr